US320284A - Rubber overshoe - Google Patents

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K. RAY.

RUBBER OVERSHOE. N 320.284 Patented June 16, 1885.

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RUBBER OVERSHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,28i, dated June 16, 1885.

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To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR K. RAY, of Franklin, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rubber Overshoes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to strengthen the shoe at those parts which are subjected to the greatest wear, and also to render the shoe practically seamless.

To the above purposes my invention consists in certain peculiar and novel re-enforee pieces for the heel and toe, and also in a peculiar and novel arrangement of the re-cnlorcing pieces for the heel, whereby the counterseam is covered and concealed, so as to render the counter practically seamless,as hereinafter described and claimed.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed to describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved rubber shoe. Fig. 2 is avertical longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a similar section of the heel and counter. Fig. 4 is an under side plan view of the rear end of the shoe with the heel removed. Fig. 5 is a rear elevation, partly in section, of my improved shoe.

In the said drawings, A designates the upper, 13 the sole, and G the heel, of a rubber overshoe. These parts are of the usual or any preferred form, excepting that the heel is formed, preferably, with an extension, to, extending forward against the under side of the instep. The upper is joined at the counter by a central vertical scam in the usual manner.

D designates a re-enforce piece, which is L-shaped and cut tapering upward at one end. Thetapered end extends upward against the outside of the counter and over the counter-seam, while the remaining portion extends between the sole and the upper, at the rear end of the shoe, to the meeting line be tween the heel-tread and the instep.

E designates an additional recnlorce piece, which lies over the outer part of piece D, extending as far upward as the top of the counter, and the lower part of which extends either between the sole and piece D, as shown in Fig. 2, or between the heel and sole, as shown in Fig. 3. The lower part of piece E may be either a plain piece or cut away in the center, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, to save material. The piece E may be either roughened throughout its external face, or only partially roughened, as desired. Upon the toe of the shoe is placed the strengtheningpicee F, which extends upon the upper to about the point shown, and the lower part of which is inserted between the upper and sole. Thus it will be seen that the shoe is strengthened at the counter and toe, and that it is practically seamless at the counter. \Vhen the piece E is interposed between the heel and sole, as shown in Fig. 3, the sole is rendered extra water-tight, and is more strongly united to the sole than would otherwise be possible. The piece F may be either roughcned, as shown, or plain, or ornament ed in any desired manner. The piece 1) serves, in addition to its function as a cover for the counter-seam, also as a stiffening for the coun ter, rendering the shoe an automatic one, in which the counter passes over the shoe heel without handling when the rubber is being put on.

The shoe is practically as cheap as ordinary shoes, and is, at the same time, much more stylish, strong, and durable. The re enforce piece E at the heel may be made in one with the rc-enforce piece F at the toe, so that the entire length of the shoe may be protected and strengthened, as is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the re-ent'orce piece D may extend forward beneath the upper and sole, as is shown in Fig. 2, so as to afford additional strength to the tread of the heel, or between the sole and heel, with the re-enforce piece E interposed between the heel and piece D, as shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus described my invent ion, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters .l.at ent 1. The combination, with the upper, sole, and heel of a rubber shoe, of the rc-cnforce pieces D and E, formed and placed substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, with upper A, sole B, and heel O, of the re-enl'orce counter pieces D E and toe-piece F, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

\Vitnesses: EDGAR K. RAY.

J. A. MILLER, Jr., M. F. BLIGH.

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